Why Those Biscuits Are Relevant and on the Sideboard
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20141858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Van Rooij (0000-0001-6819-6685, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam), Katrin Schulz (0000-0001-8573-9768, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 704-712 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12309 |
| OpenAlex | W3135898311 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
In this paper, we explain why the antecedent of a biscuit conditional is relevant to its consequent by extending Douvenʼs evidential support theory of conditionals making use of utilities. By this extension, we can also explain why a biscuit conditional gives rise to the inference that the consequence is (most likely) true. Finally, we account for the intuition that (indicative) biscuit sentences are false when the antecedent is false and allow for counterfactual biscuits
Antecedent (behavioral psychology) · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Inference · Intuition · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |